Tes Maths: Projects, investigations and enrichment tasks

Get your students excited about maths lessons with these engaging resource packs, activity ideas and investigations

Tes Resources Team

Secondary student working on maths projects, maths investigations and enrichment tasks

Take a trip off-plan and get creative with your maths lessons with projects, investigation ideas and enrichment tasks

As the final half-term of the school year approaches, there may be time to do something slightly different in your maths lessons. Perhaps an investigation to apply the knowledge and skills students have acquired over the year, a project to allow them to work creatively as a team to produce something special, or an enrichment activity to show students just how interesting maths can be. Whatever you have in mind, explore this selection of resources from the Tes community for some inspiration.

For even more hand-picked secondary maths resources, check out the Secondary maths collection.

Investigations

Investigations offer an opportunity for students to pull together the skills and knowledge they have learned over the course of the year and apply them in a different context.

Proportional Reasoning: Guided Investigation
kevinloo1

Proportional Reasoning: Guided Investigation

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This is a multi-topic investigation-style task I adapted from the Mymaths KS3 textbook for Year 8 students. I also added an extra component to cover money and scaling quantities calculations. Topics covered include: * Ratios * Area * Direct proportion * Unitary method * Scale drawings * Money * Pe...
Data Investigations for KS3
andy_brighouse1

Data Investigations for KS3

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3 data handling investigations for use with KS3 students, or even with GCSE classes. * Exam grades data project * Weather data project * School journey data project Each project has instructions and data sets ready to use. Each data set is also saved as a spreadsheet in case students want to do co...

Projects

Much like investigations, projects prompt pupils to use and apply their knowledge, often with the option to work as part of a team in a fun context.

Make A Million - Maths Housing Design Project
Stephen Wilson

Make A Million - Maths Housing Design Project

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This is a great activity I have run with classes from year 7 to year 10, and one that they all seem to love. The aim is to develop a plot of land into a housing development to try and make the most possible profit, whilst also creating a desirable place to live. I usually run it over four lessons ...
KS3 Finance/Investment/Business Maths Project
jduncan4

KS3 Finance/Investment/Business Maths Project

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Activity we completed with top set Year 7s but open ended so could be used throughout KS3 and KS4. Activity: Choose a business (based on some guidlines and information) Choose a 'Business Card' to find out how their business venture went. They then get to invest their profit and play the stock mar...

Enrichment

The end of the year is the perfect time to stop worrying about whether something is on the syllabus and start challenging students with some interesting mathematics.

Maths Problem Solving Wall: 200 Classic Problems in Mathematics
Jon O'Neill

Maths Problem Solving Wall: 200 Classic Problems in Mathematics

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A collection of 200 graded mathematical problems suitable for improving the problem solving skills of your secondary school maths students. (Note: no solutions included - by design!) With this resource your students will improve their mathematical problem solving skills deepen their int...
Bletchley Park Code Breaking Activities
BletchleyParkLearning

Bletchley Park Code Breaking Activities

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Please find below pre and post visit activities designed to support your time with us at Bletchley Park. They are also suitable for standalone use. These resources are aimed at KS2 and KS3 students and were developed with the assistance of the Bletchley Park teacher forum. To find out more about B...